illi NECTARIN'IID.-K. 



Nicohar Race. 



/Ethopyga nicobarica, Hume, Str. F. 1873, p. 412, 1874, pp. 80, 85, 

 101, i96 ; S/iellei/, Monoyi: Nect. p. Gl , pi. 20 ; Hume, Str. F. 1879, 

 p. 89. 



Adult male. Anterior half of crown black, metallic purplish blue, 

 without any red near the base of the culmen ; on each side of the 

 upper throat a narrow metallic purplish-blue band ; rest of head, 

 nock, mantle, least wing-coverts, and chest rich crimson-red : the 

 bases of the red centres of the feathers of the throat yellowish 

 white ; tail deep black, with the outer webs, like the upper tail- 

 coverts, metallic purplish blue ; feathers of centre of back very fliiffy 

 and long, uniform blackish grey and, in the ordinary position, com- 

 pletely concealing the bright yellow rump-feathers ; quills, greater 

 coverts, and edge of wing dark bi'own, externally slightly edged 

 with olive ; under wing-coverts pure white : lower breast, sides, 

 flanks, abdomen, and under tail-coverts dark grey, more or less 

 tinged with olive-brown ; bill and feet dark brown. Culmen 0-65 

 inch, wing 1-95, tail l-G-l'T, tarsus 0-52. 



Adult female. Upper parts olive-green ; wings and tail brown, 

 the latter with pale tips ; under wing- coverts white, edge of wing 

 whitish yeUow ; rest of underparts olive-yellow ; tliroat and chest 

 washed with dull carmine-red. Wing 1-8 inch. 



Hah. Malacca, Java, Sumatra, Borneo. 



Obs. In the Nicobar Islands ^. siparaja is represented by a race 

 with a somewhat larger and stronger bill (JS. nicobarica). Whilst the 

 plumage of the male in every respect resembles that of ^. sijiaraja, 

 the female has the red-washed throat of ^. jlavostriata. 



Culmen. Wing. Tail. Tarsus, 



in. in. in. in. 



Ad. d 0'76 20 I'So 0-55 



c? {Hu7ne) 0-71-0-79 1-82-2-12 l-6-2'0 0-5-0-55 



2 (Hume) O-Gl-0-64 1-82 1-9 1-25-1 6 0-5 



a. ^. sij)araja. 



tS ad. sk. 

 <S ad. sk. 



c. (S ad. St. 



d, e. (S ad. sk. 

 f,9- djuv.; h. 



$ ad. sk. 

 i) ''•^- 6 2 ad. sk. 



I. c? ad. sk. 

 m,n.S Jad.sk. 

 0. (S ad. sk. 



Java. 



Pulo Pinang. 



Simiatra. 

 Labuan (Low). 

 Labuau {Low). 



Simimjon, Sarawak {A. 



Everett). 

 Sarawak. 

 Banjermassing. 

 Borneo. 



Goidd Collection. 



F. D. Godmau and 0. Salvin, 



Esqrs. 

 Pm'cbased. 

 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 

 E. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



Gould Collection. 



A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C". 

 J. Motley, Esq. [C.j. 

 Piu-chased. 



/3. JE. nicobarica. 

 p. S ad. sk. Nicobars, March 1.3, 1873. 



A. 0. Hume, Esq. [P.I. 



